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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Fan Relations</span><span class="f_BodyText"> layout arranges the immediate relations of an element around a specified edge. This layout requires a single element to be selected on the diagram, to be used as the context for the layout.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="fan.png" width="611" height="341" border="0" alt="fan"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To invoke this layout, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Open the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Layout</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> </span><span class="f_UIControl">Palette</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> window; either:</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">View | More Windows | Layout</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> menu option, or</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">Right-click on the main toolbar and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Layout Palette</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> context menu option.</span><br>
<span class="f_Bulletlist3">&nbsp;</span></li>
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<p class="p_Bulletlist3"><img src="layoutpalette.png" width="298" height="233" border="0" alt="LayoutPalette"><br>
<span class="f_Bulletlist3">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the single element around which to lay out related elements on the currently-active diagram.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the drop-down arrow on the top left button of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Layout Palette</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> window, and select </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Fan Relations</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the drop-down arrow in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Sort By: </span><span class="f_NumberedList">field and select the required sort parameter. The options are:</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">None</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> - Elements are passed to the specified layout in the order in which they appear on the original diagram (left to right, top to bottom)</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Area (Ascending)</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> - Elements are passed to the specified layout in order of the screen space they occupy, smallest to largest</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Area (Descending)</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> - Elements are passed to the specified layout in order of the screen space they occupy, largest to smallest</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Name (Ascending)</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> - Elements are passed to the specified layout in alphanumeric order, based on the element name</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Name (Descending)</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> - Elements are passed to the specified layout in reverse alphanumeric order, based on the element name</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Element Type</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> - Elements are grouped by type (e.g. Class, Use Case) and in alphanumeric order within the group by name.</span></li>
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<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Padding (px)</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field, type the separation required between the selected element and its related elements, in pixels.</span></li>
<li value=6><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the connector direction to use in determining the related elements to lay out. Either:</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Incoming Nodes </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">- to lay out related elements that have the selected element as the target</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Outgoing Nodes </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">- to lay out related elements that have the selected element as the source.</span></li>
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<li value=7><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Fan Edge</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field, click on the drop-down arrow and specify the edge of the selected element from which to lay out the related elements.</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Left </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">- to arrange related elements to the left of the selected element</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Right </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">- to arrange related elements to the right of the selected element</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Top </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">- to arrange related elements from the top of the selected element</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Bottom </span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">- to arrange related elements from the bottom of the selected element.</span></li>
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